Statizoid

Portugal vs Sri Lanka: Nitrogen use efficiency

Portugal
19.2%
in 2014
Sri Lanka
20.1%
in 2014
Portugal rank
164th
Sri Lanka rank
162nd

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Portugal
  • Sri Lanka
10203040196119872014

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 20.1% against 19.2% in Portugal, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 164th and Sri Lanka ranks 162nd of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrogen use efficiency
Unit
%
Source
Lassaletta et al. (2014) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
205 places, 10,031 data points, 1961–2014
Last refreshed

Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is the ratio between nitrogen inputs and output. A NUE of 40% means that only 40% of nitrogen inputs are converted into nitrogen in the form of crops.